Leesburg High School - Ketoctin Yearbook (Leesburg, VA)

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CLASS We the class of 1953, being of sound mind and body, and realizing that soon we shall pass from these halls of learning, do solemnly pronounce our last will and testament. TO THE PRINCIPAL AND FACULTY WE BEQUEATH: Our sincere respect and gratitude. The memory of our ability to argue. TO THE CLASS OF '54 WE LEAVE: Our senior privileges, our loquaciousness, and our attempts to get by the teachers. We do also will to the members of the student body of L. H. S. the following, to wit: To Kenny Rollins goes Henry Bishop's quiet way of talking. To Frank Eaton, Anne Baumgardner leaves her position in the Beta Club. To Larry Lail, james Carnes wills his height. To Abigail Cooley goes Bertha Rae Brann's posi- tion as pianist in the Glee Club. To jimmy Athey, jimmy Crosen leaves his typing ability. To Leta Sue Brann goes Tam lSirchfield's knitting needles. To Buddy liradfield go Elwood Cross' shy ways. To Nancy Everhart, Frances Carnes leaves her en- ergy. To Nancy Repass is left Betty Clemens' lovesick blues. 'l'o Pete Luedcrs goes Teddy Dodd's curly hair. To Martha Lloyd, Evelyn Cockrell wills her bas- ketball ability. To .lack Jennings, Louis Etcher proudly leaves his English IV grades. To Evelyn Moreland, Anne Church leaves her height. 'l'o Helen Spence go Frances Day's sweet smile and sweet ways. , 'Fol Sid Geiman goes Richard Fiske's interest in gn' s. 'l'o Mary Margaret Shearer, Pat deCoursey be- queaths her serious outlook on life. To Margaret Baumgardner, Shirley F ishbaek leaves her position on the cheering squad. To Shirley Myers goes Wallace F urr's football abil- ity. To jane Glascock, Julia Fletcher wills her quiet ways. To Ann Royston, Clifford Fling leaves his love of science. To Clara Hardy is left lletty Graham's diamond.

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PROPHECY Hummer, and Betty Jordan. I happened to glance at the sports page where the pictures of Teddy Dodd and Gibson Kline ap- peared as outstanding basketball athletesl' of our day. I saw on the society page that Patricia De- Courcy was again traveling in Europe. On the front page appeared a picture of that great big handsome Indiana farmer who had won First Grand National Prize in raising the best corn. It was none other than my old classmate, Henry Dyke Bishop. As the bus speeded down the dual highway, I caught a glimpse of Louis Etcher, Elwood Cross. and John Minor fishing in a babbling brook. Clif- ford Fling was there testing mud for his universal- ly-known laboratory. The bus stopped for passengers and Nancy Lonardelli, that Philadelphia lawyer, was among the crowd. We talked, and she told me about the big concert in town that was featuring Elwood Kern and his 'flive Bombers. She said, in the course of her conversation, that Nancy Rhoads is now a nurse. Frances Carnes is also in the nursing field. Peggy Poland and Edith Shufli are secretaries now. Nancy started talking to me about an Air Force sergeant. named Beatrice Mock, who was now serving her country, and about Julia Fletch- er, an Air Line hostess for the Eastern Air Lines. As the bus pulled to a halt, I saw that a large crowd was gathering around two overturned auto- mobiles, while the Chief of Police, Richard Fiske, was trying to find out what had happened. Phyllis Newton, now Mrs. Vanderbuilt, had crashed into Betty Graham Lawson. Phyllis was wearing a very expensive fur coat that her husband had given her, I arrived in New York City full of pep and en- ergy. Betty Clemens was standing on the plat- form waiting for the g'Navy to return. Walking through the crowd, I recognized our class' Future Farmer of America, Henry Stow- ers. He said he was planning a new wheat-break- ing record this year, he had made a startling dis- covery in wheat raising. Having reached my destination, I walked up the street where a gigantic poster hung from a window in Times Square of a campaign manager for the Republican Party, james Schulz. In the distance, I heard a sound coming toward me from out of nowhere. Instantly I sat up in bed and tried to recapture the wonderful dream I had had of my classmates back in dear ol' Lees- burg High School. Barbara Munday Alben The name rang in the still silent morning. I jumped out of bed, for I heard my husband calling for his breakfast.

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WILL To Sara Titus, Barbara Kitts bequeaths her long- lasting love allair. To Jimmy Sutphin, Tommy Hummer leaves his erew eut. To Naney Elgin, Betty Jordan wills her southern aeeent. To Ann Popovieh, Elwood Kern wills his trum- pet. To Harry Sommers the artistic' ability of Naney Lonardelli is willed. To Shirley Tyler, Beverly Martin leaves her lo- quaeiousness. To Ben Bridges. Gibson Kline bequeaths his unight life. To June Testerman, Beatriee Mock wills her long blaek hair. To Wayne Fox goes Raymond Kirkpatriek's clim- ples. To Barbara Allensworth. l':1rbara Munclay leavcs her ability in the eommereial Held. To Bill Fagg. Emory Sensabaugh wills his quiet ways. To Myra Jean George, Lois Myers leaves her nickname. To Maliuda Trittipoe, Barbara Newton wills her driving ability. To Benny Kline, 'Iohn Minor leaves his struggl:s to make up work. To jimmy Geiman. llarolcl Sensabaugh gives his love for claneing. 'l'o Patrieia Rae Herndon goes Phyllis Newton's indiflerent looks at the boys. To Ann Mitchell goes Peggy Polanzlls popularity. To Johnny Smoot, James Schulz leaves his NIKE buttons. To l.ou'se Ellis, Nancy Rhoads wills her pretty eyes. 'l'o Kay Brown, Henry Stowers bequeaths himself. To .lo l.ee Gentry, Edith Shufl' leaves her gay laugh. 'l'o Nlary Moriarity goes Ann Moss' visits to the Berryville Skating Rink. We, the Senior Glass of 1953 of Leesburg High School, do hereby declare this to be our last will and testament on this, the seeond day of june. 1953. Sfgned: Shirley Fishbaek Beatriee Moi'k YVITNESSEIJ: james Carnes, President Frances Carnes, Seeretary